Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-04-26
Germsn n vs.. Hay:r.,,

W o"erin, against y. &. |
t1av'rd, the successful candidate. to
Dust the latter, will in all probability
'e thrown out Of court as soon as il
pokes up its brazen head. The law
plainly says that the right Of sue. |
cessful candidate to an Office cannot
De contested after forty days from
the Commissioner s count Of the votes
And that is not all. German hasn,,
even the smallest just ground for n
contest. Whatever argument or law
may be produced to prove that the
polling place in Long Valley is in
Idaho county, it cannot be thrown in
to that county except on the unjust
principle, sometimes sustained by
courts that look with a keener dis
eliminating eye at technical points Of
law, than t. the spirit of the law and
justice. If Havird can be robbed OF
his rights because two or three com.
pliers OF the law, by an oversight, got
hold OF an old law, and left out one
enacted many years later killing the
old law and giving all of Long Valley
to Bore county, it will be, to say the
least, legal triumph Of wrong over
right. For many ears Idaho Co. has
laid no claim to this valley. Boise
county has, and has collected taxes
from tie citizens out there, establish
ei a Sch ,ol district, as well as an
election precinct. The Board OF
County Commissioners tina. did this
was composed of one Republican and
two Democrats. Tho new Board OF
the same political complexion, can-
vassed the votes, and no objection
was made tn the count. Wouldn't i;
have looked far better, on Gorman's
part, If his constitutional makeup was
suc;, that he couldn't stand up under
the weight of defeat as tens of thou
sands of American citizens have done,
and will continue to do wouldn't it
have looked better if he couldn't pos
slbly live through it without con-
test, to have brought suit against the
county? The County Commissioners
established the precincts, counted TIE
votes and gave Havird his certificate.
Does it look very much as il Havird
''usurped, intruded into, and unlaw
fully holds the Office of Sheriff.
The Commissioners count put Havird
two ahead. (;orman's count puts
German thirteen ahead!!!! "Whoor
la!" Who'd shave thunk it?" BY the
great jumping jeewhiz and Gen
eral .Iackson! The County Com
missioners are nowhere when it come.
to counting. In the language OF th'
N. Y. Sun, they ought to be sent t.
school for few weeks at the county
expense, to learn the valuable rule
> for addition, division and silence,
particularly addition. If they ha'
! only been educated right, what heap
: of trouble, tribulations and sorros
they could have put the ''kibosh on
by counting Havird ont and counting
German in right on the start. 1t
d too bad. Too awfully awful. An
J. beng beaten only two votes, tw
d little, insignificant votes, the Comm:
sioners might have counted him
lust as well as not. And beside
: Havird is possessed of sturdy maj
y" hood, and could very coolly and grace
" fully stand defeat, and IA counting ou
u If German had been elected, by eve
one little, insignificant vote, he wou
have taken the Office and filled
y. ~ through the term, without his rig
u thereto being questioned before II
e court. IL Havird can be thrown o
- of Office after being rightfully al
IL legally elected, it will greatly weak'
the peoples confidence in the Justl
of courts, or destroy it entirely.
~ - the will of the majority is defeate
80 we had better hereafter hold no ele
" tions. Let one side of the polite
house name their man, and the otf
" side submit without contest at I
polls. If the rightfully elected Ca
rt d;dnte can be ousted once, it will
no. repeated. In the matter OF prepa'
.rt ton of this long-comlng case' u
ve oiyes the side of the would-be oust'
re An unfair advantage, is the fact tt
he ,h.v have had six months in which
I'd. dig up material for this case l
me- defense has but ten days to ma
IN cut a case, the papers having be
od lint n few davs ago. WI